Chetan Bhagat harassed that woman? He explains

Best-selling author Chetan Bhagat is being accused of sexually harassing a woman with his “creepy” messages.  A WhatsApp conversation with an unidentified woman was on Saturday revealed by @weeny (Sheena), a multimedia professional.  

In this regard, the ‘Five Point Someone’ and ‘Half Girlfriend’ author has come out with a response.  He has apologized to the woman as well as his wife, Anusha Bhagat.  He also added that he never had any physical relationship with that woman, admitting also that he found her very special.  

“But first of all, I am really sorry to person concerned. The screenshots, are of course real, and I am sorry if you felt they were wrong I hope you will accept my apology.  Just in terms of more information, these screenshots are several years old, and I had met the person in question a couple of times. We hit it off really well as a friendship, and as I say in the screenshots, I did feel a strong connection with her. I did find her a good human being, sweet, cute and funny (as I also say in the screenshots),” he says.  

“As I also say in the screenshots, I realized I was married and this was not about looking for any action. I just had not felt that kind of connection in a while. Maybe I was going through a phase, maybe these things just happen, or maybe I felt the person felt the same too based on our conversations (which I don’t need to repeat here),” Chetan further writes.  

‘However, it was stupid of me, to feel that way and to even share that with her. I just told Anusha (Chetan’s wife) about it as well, and apologized to her for doing the same. I should have had better judgement, but I guess I erred a bit there. Maybe I misread the friendliness. Also, I am not completely sure because it was long ago, but the ‘wooing’ bit may have come from a conversation we had about how nobody woos anyone anymore and how sometimes one misses being wooed. My new book then was also about women (One Indian Girl) and we also discussed wooing and relationships in that context,” he observes.  

“Also, I also want to clarify that there never was nothing physical, no lewd pictures or words that were ever exchanged. I think I deleted the person’s number soon thereafter and we haven’t been in touch for years.  We do feel certain things sometimes, and I did too. I found this person special, and different from all others I had met. I shouldn’t have, and maybe I shouldn’t have shared it with that person in a private conversation either. Once again, I am sorry to the person concerned, and of course most of all to Anusha. I hope you can forgive me,” he signs off.